Editing Shilha language (section)

==== Stative verbs ====
Shilha has around twenty [[stative verb]]s which are still recognizable as a separate type of verb on the basis of their MAN stem paradigms. In earlier stages of the language, these verbs had their own separate set of PNG markers, which are sporadically found in premodern manuscripts:<ref>See van den Boogert (1997:271–272). There are many other stative verbs  which do not belong to this separate type, such as {{Lang|shi-latn|rɣ}} "to be hot", {{Lang|shi-latn|uggug}} "to be distant", and all stative verbs borrowed from Arabic such as {{Lang|shi-latn|ḥlu}} "to be sweet".</ref>
:{{Lang|shi-latn|iḍ ɣzzif}} "the night, it is long" (cf. modern {{Lang|shi-latn|iḍ i-ɣzzif}})
:{{Lang|shi-latn|rẓag-t isafarn}} "medicines are bitter" (cf. modern {{Lang|shi-latn|rẓag-n isafarn}})
In the modern language, these verbs take the regular PNG markers. Only the original singular relative form without prefix {{Lang|shi-latn|y-}} may still be encountered, for example {{Lang|shi-latn|adrar mqqur-n}} or {{Lang|shi-latn|adrar i-mqqur-n}} (mountain which.is.big) "big mountain". Stative verbs do not have a separate Perfective negative form. The table shows a selection of stative verbs.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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!
! Aorist
! Perfective
! Imperfective
|-
| "be few" || {{Lang|shi-latn|idrus}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|drus}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|tt-idrus}}
|-
| "be many" || {{Lang|shi-latn|igut}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|ggut}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|tt-igut}}
|-
| "be small, young" || {{Lang|shi-latn|imẓiy}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|mẓẓiy}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|tt-imẓiy}}
|-
| "be big, old" || {{Lang|shi-latn|imɣur}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|mqqur}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|tt-imɣur}}
|-
| "be yellow" || {{Lang|shi-latn|iwriɣ}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|wraɣ}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|tt-iwriɣ}}
|-
| "be red" || {{Lang|shi-latn|izwiɣ}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|zgg°aɣ}} || {{Lang|shi-latn|tt-izwiɣ}}
|}